The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17

Now therefore, I the undersigned
sheriff of the county of Lyon, and state
Kansas, under and by virtue of the
authority in me vested by law and in
obedience to the aforesaid order of said
board Of county commissioners of said
Lyon county, Kansas, do hereby pro-
claim and give notice that an election
will be held in said county of Lyon,
state of Kansas, on the 18th day of
March A. D. 1887, at the usual places
of voting in said county to vote in &C
cordance with the aforesaid order Of
said board of county commissioners
upon the question therein submitted.
Witness my hand this 18th day of
February A. D. 1887.
j. H. WHITE,
Sheriff of Lyon County,
State of Kansas.
SherIm Election Proclamation.
Whereas, On the 18th day of Febru-
airy, A. d. 1887, the board of county
commissioners of the county of Lyon in
the state of Kansas duly made and
Office of the county clerk of said county
the following order tO-wit:
Whereas, On this 18th day of Febru-
airy, A. D., 1887, at a special meeting of
the board of county commissioners,
there were present T. E. Mcmillan,
chairman, VIM Flickinger and j. s.
Grimsley, and there was presented to
said board a petition duly signed by
two-ffths of the tax payers of Lyon
county, Kansas, praying for special
election for the purpose of voting upon
a proposition for said county to sub
scribe to the capital stock of the En-
poria, Winfield & Fit. Smith railroad
company, and to issue the bonds of said
county in payment therefor, which said
petition is in words and figures, as fol-
lows, to-Wit:
To the Honorable Board Of County Commits
sioners of Lyon County, in the State Of
Kansas:
The undersigned, resident tax payers
OF the county of Lyon, in the State of
Kansas, would respectfully petition
your honorable body to submit to the
qualified voters of said county of Lyon,
at special election to be called for that
purpose, proposition for said county
to subscribe $75, 900 or not exceeding
So 900 per mile to the capital stock of
and to take $75, 900 ip the capital stock
| of the Emporia, Winfield & Fort Smith
railroad company, and to issue the
bonds of said county of Lyon in pay
ment for said stock so taken to the said
Emporia, Winfield 81 Fort Smith rail-
road company to the amount of
$75, 600 or not exceeding So, GOO per
mile to aid in the construction of the
line of railroad which said railroad
company proposes to construct from a
connection with the proposed railroad
of the Kansas, Colorado & Texas rail-
road company, - a point at or near
Americas city, in said Lyon county,
| and through said county of Lyon and
| to the south line of the state of Kansas.
The terms and conditions of said
proposition, the subscription to, the
taking of said stock and issuance of
said bonds are as follows, to-wit:
The amount of aid intended to be
hereby voted by said Lyon county to
said railroad company, and the amount
proposed to be subscribed to and taken
in the capital stock of said railroad
company by said Lyon county, and the
amount hereby petitioned and asked for,
is the sum of $75, 900 or not to exceed
| So 600 per mile, of main line, not in
Guiding side tracks.
The bonds of said Lyon county to be
issued under the authority hereof to be
of the denomination of 81 900 each, to
run thirty years, (redeemable at any
time after ten years from their date
when any installment or interest falls
due, J to bear interest at the rate of six
per cent per annum, payable seminar
nually, and principal and interest to be
| payable at the fiscal agency of the state
of Kansas, in the city of New York.
The said railroad, when and as sc
built, shall extend from a connection
with the proposed railroad of the Kan.
sas, Colorado & Texas Railroad com
pany, at or near Americas, in said Lyon
county, and from thence in southerly
or southeasterly direction to the city OF
Emporia, in said Lyon county, forming
continuous and independent line from
Kansas City, Kansas, to said city OF
Emporia, under one management and
from thence in southerly
or southwesterly direction through said
Lyon County, leaving said county on
the south or west line thereof, with q
suitable freight and passenger depot tC
be located within the incorpate limits
of the city of Emporia, in said Lyon
County, said railroad to be of a standard
gauge, to be first class road, and is to
be built and completed and have cars
running thereon from its connection
aforesaid, to the south or west line OF
said Lyon county, on or before Eighteen
months from the date of the election
herein prayed for, unless prevented by
unavoidable legal proceedings. And to
the city of Emporia within Twelve
months of the voting of said bonds.
| When and Immediately after the sub
scription of stock and issuance of bonds
| of said Lyon county have been voted
/ and authorized to be made and issued
as herein provided, then the board OF
| county commissioners of said Lyon
county, for and on behalf of said county
| shall make an order authorizing and
| directing the county clerk of said county
in the name of and for the benefit OF
| said county, to make said subscription
to the amount of SIS, 600, or SO much
thereof that will not exceed So 600 pei
mile, to the capital stock of said the
Emporia, Winfield & Fort Smith Rail
road company, upon the terms and con-
| ditions herein provided.
| And the county clerk of said county
shall make such subscription of stock
| Immediately thereafter, the same to be
for $50 shares Of 800 each of the capital
stock of said Emporia, Winfield & Fort
Smith Railroad company.
When the said railroad company
shall have built or caused to be built
| its said line of railroad from a cOnnec-
| ton of the proposed raiiroad of the
| Kansas, Colorado s. Texas railroad, at
or near Americas City, in said county
and from thence to the said city of EN-
poria, with trains running thereon
and the same being continuous line
| within the incorporate limits thereof
and shall have constructed suitable
freight and passenger depot within the
I incorporate limits OF the said city OF
Emporia as herein provided, the board
of county commissioners of said county
/ for and on behalf of said county shall
thereupon, Immediately and without
delay cause to be executed as the Law
directs the bonds of said Lyon county
of the denomination and on the terms
and conditions herein before stated and
described, to the amount of $50, 00(
or so much thereof that viii not exceed
So, 600 per mile, and shall deliver said
bonds when so executed, to the presi.
dent of said railroad company, or to
his order. And the said railroad com.
pany shall, at the same time it receives
said bonds, make out, execute, under
the seal of said railroad company and
deliver or tender TO the treasurer of said
Lyon county, in the name of and for the
i benefit of said county, certificates OF
full paid stock of the capital stock OF
the said railroad company in an amount
equal to the amount of tie bonds OF
said county so received by it dollar fol
dollar in exchange therefor, and in con
sideration thereof. And when the said
raiIrns.d f.ornnanV shall have builf OF